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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya 20.9 Madhya 20.12

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 20.10-11

সনাতন কহে, — “তুমি না কর রাজ-ভয় ।

দক্ষিণ গিয়াছে যদি লেউটি’ আওয়য় ॥ ১০ ॥

sanātana kahe, — “tumi nā kara rāja-bhaya

dakṣiṇa giyāche yadi leuṭi’ āoyaya

Translation

Sanātana replied, “There is no danger. The Nawab has gone to the south. If he returns, tell him that Sanātana went to pass stool near the bank of the Ganges and that as soon as he saw the Ganges, he jumped in.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sanātana Addresses the Jailkeeper’s Fear

1
Sanātana assured the jailkeeper that there was no danger, saying that the Nawab had gone to the south.
2
He proposed an explanation for the jailkeeper to give if the Nawab returned.
3
The proposed account was that Sanātana went to pass stool near the Ganges and jumped in as soon as he saw it.

How it feels

Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.

The mood of Madhya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned by Nawab Hussain Shah, he received news from Rūpa Gosvāmī that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Mathurā. Sanātana Gosvāmī thereafter satisfied the superintendent of the jail by sweet solicitations and bribery.

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